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Forest ServL Moves in
On Bogus Mining Claims
By A. ROBERT SMITH
Mail Tribune Correspondent
Washington The Forest Ser
vice .is starting a mopping up
operation against thousands of
scattered outposts held by pseudo-miners
who have staked bogus
mining claims in the national
forests and "tied up billions of
board feet of federal timber.
Federal foresters are armed
with a new weapon a law en
acted by Congress this past sum
mer designed to stop timber by
jrabs by those who have abused
the opportunities afforded by
the mining act of 1872.
Both the mining industry and
conservation groups are backing
the campaign of the government
foresters. Representatives of
both groups helped draft the
new law.
Could Isolate Preserve
Under the old mining act, any
one could stake a claim on pub
lic lands, erect "No Trespassing"
signs, and virtually isolate his
newly acquired preserve from
the rest of the world. He could
build a summer cabin on the
site, or as some have done, estab
lish a commercial resort or sell
building lots all on the pretext
of trying to develop a paying
mining operation.
When these claims were staked
in national forests, they disrupt
ed the Forest Service pattern of
timber management, for forest
ers couldn't legally "trespass"
Portland Company
Awarded Contract
Cophenhagen and company of
Portland has been awarded a
$132,642:52 contract for rehabil
itation work on the Medford
an8 Rogue Rive- Valley Irriga
tion districts.. Bids were receiv
ed by the Bureau of Reclama
tion early this month and for
warded to the Denver, Colo., of
fice for consideration.
The work includes earthwork,
pipe lines' and structures and
main canal structures. The proj
ect is located east of Medford.
The project calls for construc
tion of a reinforcM - concrete
bench flume, consti v. .ion of two
concrete Dine siphons, and mod
ification of other concrete strut
tures.
Work is to be completed in
450 days, according to terms of
the contract.
Three Youths Arrested
By Sheriff's Officers
Three Jackson county boys
were turned over to juvenile
authorities following their ar
rest by sheriff's officers.
The 16-year-old Gold Hill
youths were arrested in con
nection with theft of gasoline
from Bristol Silica company,
Rogue River.
A 17-year-old Eagle Point boy
was jailed 'yesterday following
his arrest for being'drunk on a
public highway. He also was
charged with malicious destruc
tion of property. Officers said
the youth damaged doors of the
.Eagle Point fire hall with an
automobile he was driving.
In the absence of Circuit Court
Judge H. K. Hanna, juvenile
court is being held by the Hon.
Orville J. Millard, circuit court
judge of this district.
DOW-JONES AVERAGES
New York (U.R) Dow-Jones
final stock averages: 30 indus
trial 482.60. ud 1.64: 20 rail
roads. 166.78, up 0.73; 15 utili
ties 65.71, up 0.28, and 65 stocks
173.36, up 0.66. Sales today were
about 2.370.000 shares compared
with 2,460,000 shares yesterday.
Five College Students Die
As Car Smashes Into Train
Hanford, Calif. U.R) An au-,
tomobile carrying junior college
students smashed into the side
of the Santa Fe's crack Chief
passenger train today, killing
five of the youths and critically
injuring another.
Visibility Zero
The collision occurred eight
miles south of here at 7:58 ajn.
Highway patrolmen said visibil
ity at the crossing was zero be
cause of fog.
The train was traveling an es
timated 80 miles an hour when
the car slammed into the fourth
coach, strewing bodies of the
victims and wreckage several
V
f on the claim. Under the new law, i
the "No Trespassing" signs come
down. The government has the
right to cut timber, build access
roads, permit grazing, hunting,
fishing or camping on the claim
so long as these don't interfere
with the miner's operation. The
claimant, in turn, can use what
timber he requires for his min
ing venture.
Under the old law, mining
claims could be staked on a dis
covery of common stone or cin
ders. This allowed, for example,
a group of University of Oregon
students to file claims on the
quarry rock they could find
within an eight-mile radius of
Courtesy Driver
Award Totals $10
The "Courtesy Driver of the
Day" award climbed to $10 to
day because the license number
published Sunday was not inden
tified. The license number of today's
courtesy driver:
4-K-8996
The courtesy driver program
is part of Medford Safety Coun
cil's membership drive and
"Partner In Safety" program.
The i . ogram includes a Mr. and
Mrs. Jaywalker, who yesterday
was rot identified. Persons re
ceive a cash award for receiv
ing an affirmative answer to
"Are you Mr. or Mrs. Jaywalk
er?" The Safety council also is con
ducting a Safety Slogan contest,
entries for which may be ad
dressed to the Medford Safety
council.
Those identifying license num
bers should call 2-2441 or 2-5643
before noon the day following
publication.
Mother, 3 Children
Die in House Fire
Castle Rock, Wash. (U.P.)
A mother and her three small
daughters, including one only 10
days old, perished early today
in a fire 'which destroyed their
home- here, the Cowlitz county
sheriff's office reported.
The victims were Mrs. Mary
Matson, 24, and her daughters
Judith Elaine, 4; Donna Diane,
18 months, and Barbara Ann,
10 days.
The husband and father,
Charles Matson, told sheriff's
deputies he woke up and found
his room ablaze. He said he tried
to get into another room but
couldn't and -had to jump from
an upstairs window.-
Sheriff's deputies said the
house burned rapidly and was a
total loss. Officers recovered re
covered Mrs. Watson's body and
those of the two older girls by
daybreak.
Cause of the fire was not de
termined immediately. It broke
out about 12:30 a.m.
Matson was treated at a Long-
view hospital for burns.
Russians Said Forced To
Make Hydrogen Bombs
London flJ.R) Moscow Radio
said last night the Soviet Union
was forced to make hydrogen
bombs because "Western politi
cians and military leaders are in
favor of widescale use of atomic
weapons."
The broadcast identified two
of these leaders as U. S. Gen. Al
fred M. Gruenther, supreme Al
lied commander in Europe, and
his deputy, Field Marshal Vis
count Montgomery.
"Under the circumstances, the
Soviet Union cannot help taking
steps to guarantee its own secur
ity," the broadcast said.
hundred yards along the right
of way. Patrolmen said the driv
er left 110 feet of skid marks at
the crossing, indiccating he fail
ed to see the train until a few
seconds before the collision.
Dead Identified
The dead were identified as
Loreto Anthony Fabbri, 19, Le-
moore, the owner of the car and
believed to have been the driv
er; Jerald Dale Villaborgi, 20
Marlene Rae Fabuion, 19; and
John Earl Champness, 20, all of
Lemoore, and Frances Joann
Quist, 18. Stratford. William
Eugene Valentine, 22, Lemoore.
was hospitalized in critical con
dition.
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the Cougar dam project on the
south fork of Oregon's McKenzie
river. They figured to sell the
rock back to the government
when it was needed to build the
dam, thereby realizing a fat
profit.
Under the new law, stone, cin
ders, sand, pumice or pumicite
no longer qualify as minerals.
They are regarded now as mater
ials which can be bought from
the government, either at a government-set
appraised price or
by competitive bid.
Under the old law, mining
claimants could win patent to
their claims if they showed by
assays that there was sufficient
mineralization to permit a pru
dent operator to make a paying
proposition of his mining ven
ture. With patent, he gained all
surface rights that any land own
er enjoys including ownership
of the timber.
Opportunities Not Reduced
Under the new law, there is
no change in this aspect of the
mining act. The changes wrought
by the new law, in a word, don't
reduce the opportunities afford
ed the miner who can prove he
has a discovery of commercial
proportions; but it strikes at the
person who has no intention of
developing a mine, yet is using
the mining law to gain use of
federal property for other valu
able purposes.
Before the new law was en
acted, the Forest Service report
ed that "the number of claims
is snowballing so fast that the
situation on the national forests
is rapidly getting out of hand."
It is estimated that 10,000,000,
000 board feet of timber was
tied up, having a stumpage value
of $112,000,000. Estimates were
that 215,000 acres of Oregon
timberland were tied up by
6700 claims.
The new law. is not retroac
tive, of course, so thatny claims
filed prior to the date of enact
ment, July 23, 1955, are subject
to the old mining law. But the
Forest Service mopping up oper
ation will be to contest the le
gality of these old claims, and
eventually to wipe out all that
are not legitimate mining ven
tures. (Next How the mopping up
operation is to be conducted.)
Egypt-Syria Forces
Ready To Launch War
Damascus, Syria U.R) The
commander of the joint Egyp
tian and Syrian military forces
said today that both nations , are
ready to "launch a war of liber
ation against Israel whenever
public opinion of both countries
demands it.
Egyptian Gen. Abdul Kakim
Amer. commander in chief of
Syrian and Egyptian forces join
ed together in a recent military
agreement, said at. a press con
ference that the forces of both
nations are sufficient "to strike
down any full scale Israeli ag
gression on either country."
He said that the combined
armies would retaliate witn
force if Israel should make a
"violent attempt" to challenge
Egypt's blockade on the Jewish
port of Eilat on the Gulf of
Aqaba.
Umpqua Timber Sale
Scheduled Dec. 15
Portland (U.R) A public
hearing will be held here Dec.
15 in connection with a pro
posed sale of about 75,000,000
board feet of timber m the Ump
qua national forest, Regional
Forester J. Herbert Stone said
today. i
The proposed timber sale area
is in the extreme northeastern
portion of Douglas county in the
headwaters' of the North Ump
qua river drainage.
The hearing arises as a result
of appeals to the secretary of ag
riculture of the decision of the
chief of the U. S. Forest Serv
ice to make such a sale. The
secretary of agriculture has di
rected that a public hearing be
held under provisions of Forest
Service regulation governing
such cases.
Weather
FORECAST: Low clouds and fog
tonight and early Wednesday.
Partly cloudy Wednesday
afternoon. Low tonight 44.
High Wednesday 53-55.
Temp.
Highest Yesterday 48
Lowest this Morning 44
Prec. to 10 a.m. Today 04
Sheriff's Police
Rushed to Riddle
To Disperse Crowd
Passage Blocked
By Steelworkers
Riddle, Ore. (U.R) A con
tingent of sheriff's police was
rushed to this Douglas county
town early this morning to dis
perse a crowd of CIO United
Steelworkers gathered at - the
gates of the Hanna Nickel mine
and smelter here. 1
Officers said they received re
ports that striking steelworkers
had blocked the passage of otner
employees to the nickel works.
Two Men Arrested
Deputies arrested two men in
the plant area, one for creating
a disturbance and the other for
failing to stop at a traffic con
trol sign at the plant entrance.
Kenneth Paul Jokos was held
in Douglas county jail in lieu of
a $29.50 fine for creating a dis
turbance and William A. James
was fined $14.50 for failing to
stop. .
Production at the multi-mil
lion-dollar nickel works was at
a standstill as the strike went
into its fifth day with only main
tenance and supervisory person
nel, on the job.
Union Agent John Rusen said
today that the walkout was "not T
a union authorized strike but the
men involved are members of
the union and we will not dis
claim them."
Negotiations Continue
Negotiations, meanwhile, con
tinued but with no reports of
progress.
H. F. Pancake, international
representative of the CIO Steel
workers1, arrived here last night
to confer with Rusen and wi4h
the management of the Hanna
company.
Basis for the walkout was the'
replacement by management of
four men who refused to do
cleanup work around the furn
ace area at the smelter.
In addition to striking Hanna
employees, workers of the Bech
tal Construction Co. refused to
cross the lines of strikers. Bech
tal is building new furnaces at
the smelter.
Deputies at the plant today
said they had orders to keep all
county roads in the area .orn.
Hams, Beer Taken
In Talent Theft
Several hams and an unde
termined amount of beer was
stolen from the Ideal market,
Talent, last night, according to
the sheriff's office.
A front entrance to the build
ing had been broken open, of
ficers said.
The. University Club, 218 West
Sixth st., was entered last week
end and $29 stolen, according to
city police. An upstairs door to
the building had been forced,
police said, and a bar room cash
drawer containing the money
was pried open.
An attempted burglary of the
McDonald Candy company, 332
South Front st., last week end,
was reported to city police by. a
person who saw three people
prying on the door.
City and state police and sher
iff's deputies searched the build
ing but found pry marks on the
door.
October Bank Debits
Show Increase Here
Eugene The Southern Ore
gon banking district, which in
cludes Medford, recorded a 17.5
per cent increase in bank debits
in comparing the October 1955
debits with those of October
1954.
Total debits for, October 1955
were $68,180,471, compared with
the 1954 October, total of $57,-
919,234. The area noted a 4.7
per cent decrease in comparing
the October and September
debits.
Total debits for the state, as
compiled from 13 areas were
$1,530,301,832, a 10.3 per cent
increase over last year's Octo
ber total.
Bank debits, represent the dol
lar value of checks drawn against
the deposit accounts of individu
als and business" firms, and are
regarded as good indicators of
current business activity.
Power Group Protests
Intervention for Dam
Spokane (U.R)-Jacific North
west Power Company today filed
a protest against attempts by
public power groups to prevent
construction of two dams on the
Snake river and labeled the at
tempts "scurrilous and con
temptuous." The firm asked the FPC to
deny the requests of the North
west Public Power Association,
Oregon, Montana and National
Farmers Unions and Idaho Fed
eration of Labor to be heard as
intervener.
Fooire
Dulles Appeals for
Bipartisanship
In Foreign Policy
Avoid Political
Battle, Is Plea
Washington (U.R) Secretary
of State John Foster Dulles ap
pealed today to keep foreign pol
icy out of the 1956 election cam
paign because of the aid "a do
mestic political battle" would
give to America's enemies.
"Those hostile to the United
States and its ideals are not
going to take a vacation so that
we can here safely concentrate
on a domestic political battle,"
Dulles told a news conference.
Dulles said only "peril" could
flow from -careless or uninform
ed indulgence in partisan ex
cesses during the coming cam
paign. He warned against any
"politicking" which could pro
vide Russia and the Communist
world with unusual opportuni
ties for gain.
Must Protect Nation
Dulles said 'there undoubted
ly will be debate on foreign pol
icy. He said this debate is wel
come, so long as it is construc
tive and conducted in a way that
will not endanger the nation.
Dulles thus added his voice
to that' of President Eisenhower,
who appealed Saturday for bi
partisanship in foreign policy.
Democratic National Chair
man. Paul M. Butler replied yes
terday that Democrats would be
happy to join in a "fruce". but
said the Republicans should first
top "exploiting" foreign policy
by making a major political is
sue out of the claim that the
Eisenhower administration has
achieved peace.
Dulles appealed for "the same
bipartisan unity which in the
past has given authority, vital
ity and much success to our for
eign policies."
First Since Geneva
Dulles refused to criticize any
Democrat for foreign policy at
tacks. He insisted he will not be
drawn into political wrangling
during the campaign. But he left
the door open to reply later to
specific charges if he feels it
necessary.
v Almost all of Dulles' 40-min-
ute news conference, his first
since the Geneva conference,
was devoted to politics and for
eign policy.
An increasing number of Re
publicans urged that foreign pol
icy be kept out of partisan politi
cal debate.
1,455 Forest Fires
Burn 38,758 Acres
On Protected Land
Salem (U.R) A total of
1455 forest fires burned 38,758
acres within the protection areas
of some 25,000,000 acres admin
istered by the State Forestry De
partment and U. S. Forest Ser
vice during the 1955 fire season,
final reports issued by the two
agencies showed today.
. The figures are preliminary
and may . be revised . slightly
when checked, the agencies said.
They included 18,222 acres burn-
Bankruptcy. Figure
Shuffle Brings Jail
Portland (U.R) James D.
Campbell, 50, Salem, convicted
last September of concealing as
sets in a bankruptcy proceeding,
today was sentenced to three
months in prison by Federal
Judge Gus Solomon.
The indictment had accused
Campbell of concealing from the
bankruptcy referee more than
$500 in accounts receivable
when his weather stripping and
insulation firm was thrown into
voluntary bankruptcy last year.
Rabbi Node To Speak
Ai SOCE Tomorrow
Ashland Rabbi Julius J. No
del of Temple Beth Israel in
Portland will address the regu
lar assembly of Southern Ore
gon college at 10 a.m. tomorrow.
Rabbi Nodel was a Jewish
chaplain in , the Navy during
World War II. He appeared in
arwassembly at Southern Ore
gon college several years ago.
He is appearing under the
auspices of the Jewish Chautau
qua society and speak on "Why
I Remain a Jew."
Salem (U.R) J. Dale Stand
ley of La Grande is chairman
of the new chewings and creep
ing red fescue commission.
Overthrown
EDGAR FAURE
Loses Sixth Vote
Christmas Parade ,
Plans Announced,
Santa Plans Visit
Plans for the annual Christ
mas parade, which will officially
open the holiday season at 6:30
p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 30, have
been announced by Chairman
Richard H. Bowers of the spon
soring Junior Chamber of Com
merce. One of the parade's main fea
tures will be the first visit of
Santa Claus to Medford. Follow
ing tomorrow night's visit, St.
Nick will make periodic appear
ances in Medford.
Parade floats and marching
units will form on South Ivy st.
at West Main st. prior to 6:30
p.m. The. parade wil go east on
Main st. to Bartlett st., turn
north on Bartlett st. to Sixth st.
and then west on Sixth st. to
North Fir st. where the parade
will terminate.
Judging Staff
Medford Mayor Earl Miller
will serve as chairman of the
judging staff. A cash prize will
be awarded the winner, with
other float and marching units
receiving other awards.
Winners will be notified by
telephone, Bowers said, and
awards will me made Thursday
night on the Ore-Cal Panorama
television phow.
Among participants are Med
ford High and McLaughlin Jun
ior High school bands. Hedrick
Junior High band will not march
because band uniforms have not
yet arrived.
Downtown Medford stores
will remain open until 9 p.m.
following the parade.
Christmas decorations have'
been erected by city public
works crews, and arrangements
have been made to illuminate
them tomorrow night.
ed over on national forest protec
tion areas and 20,536 acres on
the state and association , dis
tricts. .
The reports Indicated that the
.greatest acreage was burned dur
ing the period of high fire haz
ard in the first two weeks of
September. During that time for
est fires covered 33,000 acres of
timberlands in several Oregon
counties. Serious trouble was en
countered in Jackson, Josephine,
Klamath and Malheur counties.
From the standpoint of fire
causes, lightning headed the list
with 716. The national forests
fought 527 of these lightning
fires and the state agencies 189.
Man-caused fires for both
agencies totaled 739 with smok
ers heading the listat 238. Camp
ers were charged with 119 fires.
Other causes included debri
burning, 70; logging, 69; rail
roads, 30; incendiary, 21, and
miscellaneous, 172.
1954 Loss Smaller
The area burned during the
current year is in contrast to the
1954 season when only 10,106
acres were burned. While the
1955 loss is somewhat above that
established as the extreme limit
of area which can be burned
under -n adequate protection
system, still it is within the low
er brackets- as compared to av
erage area burned in recent
years.
Foresters said the loss in burn
ed timber will be small as most
of it can be salvaged imme
diately and all is accessible from
nearby roads.
Washington (U.R) The Post
Office Department has denied
rumors it has rejected Sen.
Joseph R. McCarthy s recom
mendation that Thomas Miller
be appointed postmaster of Ap-
pleton, Wis., the Republican sen
ator'! borne town.
French Premier
Loses Confidence
Vole in Assembly
Queuille Mentioned
As Possible Successor
Paris (U.R) Premier Edgar
Fatire was defeated in an - at
tempt to win a sixth straight
vote of confidence in the Nation
al Assembly tonight.
The defeat undoubtedly meant
the fall of his government, the
21st in France since the end of
World War II. v
Henri Queuille, a former coun
try doctor and three times pre
viously premier, was the most
prominently mentioned possible
successor to Faure.
It was announced officially
that the vote against Faure was
318 to 218.
Final Plea Futile
The 47-year-old Faure made a
final plea . to the members to
make "an act of sacrifice and
courage in deciding to have
early elections" and keep him in
office. But it was futile.
The issue on which Faure
went down was raised indirectly
by his proposal to cut short the
term of the present Assembly by
six months and hold elections
early next year.
The vote of no confidence
against Faure threw France into
another political crisis.
Faure's defeat, widely pre
dicted before the vote, seemed
certain when Communist leader
Jacques Duclos announced the
Reds would not support him.
Saved by Reds Twice
The support of the 90-odd
Communist deputies was the
only thing that saved Faure from
defeat in two other confidence
voles on the election issue
earlier this month.
The cards were stacked
against Faure's last-ditch effort.
Even former Premier Pierre
Mendes-France, once his friend
and associate, postponed a plan
ned visit to the United States to
fight Faure in the Assembly.
Russian Gun Play
Protested by Briton
Berlin (U.R) British Com
mandant Maj. Gen. R. C. Cot-trell-Hill
today demanded
"urgent" Soviet action to pre
vent East Berlin "peoples police"
from firing on persons in the
British sector.
Cottrell-Hill, in a letter to So
viet Commandant Maj. Gen. P.
A. Dibrov, specifically protested
a shooting incident Sunday in
which Communist police wound
ed a West Berlin man. ,
The British commandant's pro
test came as American . Com
mandant Map. Gen. Charles L.
Dasher Jr. prepared to drive to
the Soviet to deliver a stern pro
test aeainst the forcible deten
tion of two American congress-'
men, the wife of one of the law
makers and their escort officer.
Held at gunpoint or allegedly
violating a Soviet zone law were
Reps. Harold C. Ostertag (K-
N.Y.), Edward P. Boland (D
Mass.), Mrs. Ostertag and Lt.
James T. McQueen, Mullins, S.C.
Ice Harbor Dam
Facing Opposition
Pasco (U.R) The proposed
construction of Ice Harbor Dam
faces a great deal of opposition
in Congress, Rep. Hal Holmes
(R-Wash.) told the Pasco Cham
ber of Commerce yesterday.
The dam would be located on
the Snake river nine miles up
stream from its mouth.
Holmes also promised . Pasco
residents the Esquatzel water
way, which will drain the low
er Columbia Basin, will not be
routed through a residential area
as first proposed.
Ukiah Man Tells Kidnaping
By Tough Woman With Gun
Ukiah, Calif. (U.R) Police to
day sought a tough-talking, gun
toting woman who reportedly
kidnaped a Ukiah city employee
late last night and forced him to
drive her about 50 miles before
he managed ' to escape.
The victim, I. D. Smith, .52,
told Police Chief George E.
Smith he was accosted by the
woman when he returned tp his
home in his car after driving his
wife to a bus station.
Gasoline Purchased
He said the woman, described
as about 35 years of age and
wearing a red bandana- on her
head, climbed into his car when
he parked in front of his home
and pointed a pistol at him say
ing, "Take ma to Saa Francisco.''
Other A-Povrers
Must Also Quit,
ProposaFSays
Gesture Declared
'More Propaganda'
Washington (U.R) Russia
offered today to stop testing A
bombs and H-bombs if other at
omic powers quit too. But Am
erican officials dismissed the ges
ture as nothing but "more prop
aganda." A Moscow Radio broadcast
monitored in London said Rus
sia is ready to quit testing nu
clear weapons "right here and
now if the other powers possess
ing such weapons agree to do
the same."
. It said the Communists can
not stop testing their atomic wea
pons "so long as both the U.S.A.
and Britain manufacture such
weapons and test them."
Move for Disarmament
As one of the first moves to
ward international disarmament
the broadcast said, the Soviet
Union "suggests that the coun
tries vhich possess nuclear wea
pons pledge to discontinue test
ing them."
Officials here said the Soviet
offer is undoubtedly designed to
counteract the bad world reac
tion which has followed Russia's
recent explosion of its biggest
H-bomb.
Scientists in Japan and Eur
ope reported today that radioac
tivity in the atmosphere had
been increased, although not
dangerously, by atomic explo
sions presumably originating in
the Soviet Union.
American diplomats said the
Soviet proposal was not made
formally to the United States.
In their opinion, it is merely an
other Communist device) to try
to weaken the West's defenses 1
without an East-West agreement
on disarmament.
Tests Must Continue
U. S. policy is that nuclear
weapons tests must continue at
present to help guard this nation
against possible Soviet attack.
This country presumably would
agree to abandon its atomic wea
pons development program only
if there is an ironclad East-West
agreement on disarmament.
The Moscow broadcast was
made in an English language
program beamed to North Am
erica. The proposals which the Sov
iets have put before the United
Nations call for a total ban on
nuclear weapons and their re
moval from national arms stock
piles. Eisenhower To Meet
With Security Council
Gettysburg, Pa. (U.R) The
White House announced today
that President Eisenhower will
drive to Camp David, Md.,
Thursday to attend a two-hour
meeting of the National iSecurity
Council.' -
Although this represents a
change in plans, Press Secretary
James C. Hagerty emphasized
that no emergency is involved.
"This is just the regular meet
ing of the National Security
Council," Hagerty told news
men, "and the President wanted
to attend it."
Originally, the President had
not planned to attend this week's
Security' Council meeting, which
was to have been held in Wash
ington.. He had planned to attend
next week's session at Camp
David and to remain overnight
to meet with his Cabinet. Next
week's plans ' are unchanged,
Hagerty said.
' Denver (U.R) tjlorado's
Gov.. Edwin . C. Johnson, in a
letter to Gov. J. Bracken Lee of
Utah, has called again for con
struction of the Glen Canyon
dam and reservoir in Northern
Arizona as the first project in1
the billion-dollar upper Colo
rado River storage program.
, He said he protested he didn't
have enough gasoline, but she
forced him to drive to a service
station where she paid for $2
worth of gas.
Prison Escape Told
En route south, Smith ,said,
the woman told him she and two
other women had' recently es
caped from Tehachapi Women's
Prison in California, taking with
them, a male guard whom they
later murdered.
Authorities pointed out that
no prisoners have been kept-at
Tehachapi since the prison was
damaged by an earthquake in
1952.
Approaching Healdsburg,
about 50 miles south of here,
Smith slowed the car and leaped
out.
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